List of Nemertea of Ireland explained

This is a list of the 44 species of Nemertea (ribbon worms, proboscis worms) found in Ireland.^{[1] [2]}

Family Amphiporidae

• Amphiporus bioculatus McIntosh, 1874
• Amphiporus lactifloreus (Johnston, 1828)

Family Cephalothricidae

• Cephalothrix rufifrons (Johnston, 1837)
• Cephalothrix filiformis Johnston, 1828

Family Lineidae

• Cerebratulus fuscus (McIntosh, 1874)
• Cerebratulus marginatus Renier, 1804
• Lineus acutifrons Southern, 1913
• Lineus longissimus (Gunnerus, 1770)
• Lineus ruber (Müller, 1774)
• Lineus viridis (Müller, 1774)
• Micrura fasciolata Ehrenberg, 1828
• Micrura purpurea (Dalyell, 1853)
• Ramphogordius lacteus Rathke, 1843

Family Emplectonematidae

• Emplectonema gracile (Johnston, 1837)
• Nemertopsis flavida (McIntosh, 1873/74)

Family Cratenemertidae

• Nipponnemertes pulchra (Johnston, 1837)

Family Oerstediidae

• Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806)

Family Paradrepanophoridae

• Paradrepanophorus crassus (Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Drepanophoridae

• Punnettia splendida (Keferstein, 1862)

Family Tetrastemmatidae

• Tetrastemma beaumonti (Southern, 1913)
• Tetrastemma candidum (Müller, 1774)
• Tetrastemma cephalophorum Bürger, 1895
• Tetrastemma coronatum (Quatrefages, 1846)
• Tetrastemma flavidum Ehrenberg, 1828
• Tetrastemma helvolum Bürger, 1895
• Tetrastemma melanocephalum (Johnston, 1837)
• Tetrastemma robertianae McIntosh, 1874
• Tetrastemma vermiculus (Quatrefages, 1846)

Family Tubulanidae

• Tubulanus annulatus (Montagu, 1804)
• Tubulanus banyulensis (Joubin, 1890)
• Tubulanus inexpectatus (Hubrecht, 1880)
• Tubulanus linearis (McIntosh, 1874)
• Tubulanus superbus (Kölliker, 1845)

Notes and References

1. Howson, C.M. & Picton, B.E.(eds) 1997. The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas.Ulster Museum and The Marine Conservation Society, Belfast and Ross-on-Wye.
2. Gibson, R. (2001). Nemertini (Nemertae), in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 152-156